General information
Call number at the BM Institute336/PPR
Title of the composition What Men Live by [auth.], H 336
Class of the sourceMusical source - printed source
Type of the sourcePrinted piano part
Author Martinů, Bohuslav
Šprincl, Jan
Zouhar, Zdeněk
Language 1English
Language 2German
Language 3Czech
Origin
Date of origin1953
PublisherBoosey & Hawkes (Boosey & Hawkes / Boosey & Hawkes)
Note on the originCopyright 1953 by Boosey & Hawkes Inc. New York. Printed in England
Plate numberB & H 17358
Physical description
Diplomatic transcription of the title pageBohuslav Martinu | What Men Live by | Wovon die Menschen leben | Opera-Pastoral in one act | adapted from Leo Tolstoï | Pastoral-Oper in einem Akt nach Leo Tolstoj | Deutsche Übertragung von Ernst Roth | Vocal Score | Klavierauszug mit Gesang | Price 17/6 net | (1953) | Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd. | Sole Selling Agents: Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd. | London • Paris • Bonn • Capetown • Sydney • Toronto • New York
Total number of pages64 + obálka / cover
Note on pagination[1], 2–60
Other markingsLead pencil: Zdeněk Zouhar, probably Jan Šprincl (translation of the libretto into CZ) and presumably another hand. Zdeněk Zouhar's signature in pen on the title page.
CommentsCzech text underlined in lead pencil (Šprincl's translation); excerpts from the opera were probably played from this piano reduction in the Czechoslovak premiere at the University Library in Brno (11 February 1956).
Deposition
Owner of the sourceArchiv Zdeňka Zouhara
DepositionArchiv Zdeňka Zouhara
Date of acquisition (BM Institute)08/2023
Source

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Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour
Date of digitisation08/2023
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